Time......

Time flies, where does it go ? 

It's been quite a while since I blogged. I have been busy which is good of course. I have been challenging myself, done some 20 minute painting excercizes (want to keep doing that, they are so much fun and so exciting!) I have also started to do some palette knife excercizes again and this picture "Worship" is  the biggest knife painting I have done so far. Oh and one of my paintings has made it into the Beachside Art Auction (fundraiser for the Papamoa Kindergarten) on the 15th June (that's pretty exciting too) 

And my weekly classes have started again of course, so yes, this Miss Pippi is off the street and again searching desperately for more hours each day....but having loads of fun with everything.

Iphone cases and skins ... and more !

I have recently set up shop at Society6 and they have such great products, it is so excited to see my own images on Iphone cases and skins and pillows etc.etc.

Maybe you see something you like...just follow the clickable links and have a look yourself. You shop on-line and get the goodies delivered on your doorstep !

Any design of mine that you would like to see, send me a message ;) 

IPhone cases and IPhone-IPod skins

Laptop-IPad skins

Pillows

Little Frida Kahlo collectable

Little Frida Kahlo - 
24 x 8 cm

sold-thank you

One Lily in the Pond

12x12 inch Mixed Media on deep canvas

Who's behind that umbrella ?

Special frame times two !

Somebody asked me if I would sell Madame Zborowska. Yes I would, the little problem -if you want to call it so- was that I had painted Daffne on the back of the cloth on another layer of plaster ;) So....I came up with this frame, a spin on a floating frame, but this one makes it possible to enjoy both sides or one side today and another tomorrow (or change with the seasons, Daffne looks more like Spring or Summer and Mme Zborowska more like Autumn/Winter ) So these ladies in their special frame are 34 cm square (= approx. 13.5 inch square) and the price is US 155.- + p&h. 
Great gift for Christmas !  I you like them, message me

~ new Angels drifted on shore ~

Here are a couple new Drift Angels of mine, they are both a little lighter and -b- is a little smaller and are both up for grabs. Just email me :)

Angel -a- 

40x11 cm / 15.7 x 4.3 inch

-sold thank you-

♥

and Angel -b-

35x6 cm / 13.7 x 2.3 inch

US$ 20 + P&H

approx 20 cm wide - Sold already - thank you !

Foal

 

 

 

finished this companion for my Hippos

Drift Angel -iv-

 

This Angel is the largest so far, she is on a piece of driftwood 14x85x6 cmI needed a little time to see her in this piece of wood, but when I did I got quite excited. She is soaring the skies with her hair trailing behind her, she looks a little like a superwoman or a wonderwoman. 

She has a ring on the back for safe mounting on any wall you wish (above a door or on a mantelpice, I can also see her on a bed-head for a brave girl :) Contact me HERE if she's the one for you ( US$80 +P&H)

from the Pumpkin Patch

Just a quick little diversion of my guardian Angels

-seeing we are counting down to Halloween 'n all-

Here are two little friends from my pumpkin patch ;)

JackOooooo!

 and:

Madame Noir

"JackOooooo!" is 23x12 cm woodburned on driftwood and then stained and painted. "Madame Noir" is a cute miniature (10x5 cm) piece of smooth driftwood and again woodburned and painted

contact me HERE

Hidden

Mixed Media on hardboard in custom frame

I made this little hidden doe in the forest a little while ago, but now my very helpful man has made a custom frame for it :) The image is 16 ½ x 11 ½ inch approx. or 42 x 30 cm for the metric ones. In real life it is so much better ! The colours are deeper and richer, there are dried autumn leaves and drippies and yummie yummie beeswax ! I like how she looks in her framed position. If you like her, you can pm me here, I need space !

Lily and her bird

Here's a little cute one on stretched canvas. I started her a while ago and almost forgot about her {bad mother I know.... I blush with shame} then... when I was clearing some space in my studio I saw her cute little face :) and had to finish her right there and then ! Encaptured her in a yummie beeswax top-layer, oooh smells divine and is soooooooo magical ♥ She could be yours you know, just look HERE ♥

 

20x20 cm or 8x8 inch

yummie layers !

WELCOME 2012 - the old Year 's in the BOX - and a GIVE AWAY !

Happy New Year to all my Blog friends and followers !
Of course I also want to wish that everything you wish will come true for you this year. I can now continue with my "waiting-to-be-published" posts. In this one I will share two cute boxes I made as Christmas gifts for my Mum and sister. They got a little delayed on the sleigh-ride, so they opened them last night on New Years Eve. I first woodburned the design and the words in the wood and then gave them a paintwash and painted the details. They both have some glitter and goldleaf happening (that doesn't always show up on the photos so they are even better i.r.l.)

 

  ↑-The Frog Box for my Sister-↑

↓-The Bird Box for my Mum-↓

 

I made some cards with the images as well, they are so cute and available in my Etsy shop now. 

♥

NOW : For the New Year's GIVE-AWAY: 

The first this year, I am planning a few more for 2012, so stay tuned ! This one is going to be ...a... ? SURPRISE-package that will include these two folded cards with envelopes and.....more....but what ? you may ask......well that will be disclosed on the day I announce the winner !

So.....if you can stand the suspense, if you are curious and adventurous and ready for a surprise.....just leave a comment on this post to enter. If you like to do a blogpost on your Blog about this or mention it on your Facebook page, please come back and tell me with another comment and you'll have another entry ;) The lucky winner will be announced on Monday 9 January ! I hope I have managed to show you that I really appreciate you coming to visit my blog and support me again and again and hopefully many more times to come.

♥

Corpse Bride - revisited

A fellow artist Theresa from Faerie Moon Creations wrote a blogpost earlier this week about her favorite December-Movies and I have a bunch like that too. One we both seem to like is "Corpse Bride" by Tim Burton, I so looooove this ! I once did a Burtonesque painting inspired by this movie

  

Oh and I also did a set of ATCs in a homage to Mr. B.

Now it just so happened to happen that last night while I was painting on a commission (yes, I am commissioned ! deadline is Xmas !) there was a re-run (they are very good with those here..) of the Corpse Bride on TV and I didn't mind this at all, they can screen this again and again and I still love it, so today when I was trying to be quiet a bit to get rid of my headache, I painted another bride and sewed her on a paper doily and sewed that on a sturdy painted cardboard, I love her ♥ I got to try out how my new Aquabrush works at the same time. She is 22x21 cm and the back is the lovely blue/green paper on the topmost pic. I will put her up for sale, just because I know there are so many Burton fans about and it is just in time for Christmas

I will send her with a bunch of extra's for the festive season ♥

US$30

Around the World on Santa's Sleigh

Shipping Included

...~:♪♫♪:~...

Handmade Journals

I have been playing with some paint and sketching what I saw appear in the paintblotches, I love this process. Then I bound them into a couple of journals with assortments of papers. They are now ready to be filled with thoughts and drawings, maybe yours ? They make lovely orginal gifts for the coming Festive Season and I have put some in my Etsy shop :) Just follow the link